They who talk much of destiny, their birth-star, etc., are in a lower dangerous plane, and invite the evils they fear.
The two parties which divide the state, the party of Conservation and that of Innovation, are very old, and have disputed the possession of the world ever since it was made.
Washington, where an insignificant individual may trespass on a nation’s time.
For flowers that bloom about our feet; For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet; For song of bird, and hum of bee; For all things fair we hear or see, Father in heaven, we thank Thee!
Democracy is morose, and runs to anarchy.
Most of the great results of history are brought about by discreditable means.
Every man is eloquent once in his life.
The influence of fine scenery, the presence of mountains, appeases our irritations and elevates our friendships.
Cultivate an attitude of gratitude, of giving and forgiving. Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
Greek architecture is the flowering of geometry.
Deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.
We sometimes meet an original gentleman, who, if manners had not existed, would have invented them.
Each of us sees in others what we carry in our own hearts.
It is the duty of men to judge men only by their actions. Our faculties furnish us with no means of arriving at the motive, the character, the secret self. We call the tree good from its fruits, and the man, from his works.
Our housekeeping is mendicant, our arts, our occupations, our marriages, our religion we have not chosen but society has chosen for us.
Calmness is always godlike.
Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain. The mind does not create what it perceives, anymore than the eye creates the rose.
Quotation confesses inferiority.
Why has my motley diary no jokes? Because it is a soliloquy and every man is grave alone.
Five great enemies of peace inhabit us: avarice, ambition, envy, anger and pride.